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Low pressure is expected to bring cloudy skies, local rain and isolated thunderstorms on Thursday, with conditions gradually improving as the day progresses, according to the Department of Meteorology. On ...

Torrential rain has hit the Limassol-Paphos highway has left torrents of water around the tunnel and its adjacent alternative routes, police warned on Thursday. Drivers have been urged to exercise ...

Festivals A popular vacation destination proves it is not just a summer hotspot but bursting with cultural life as well this week. The Ayia Napa Medieval Festival returns for four ...

Natural gas public company (Defa) chairman George Pistentis on Wednesday promised that issues which arose in the past related to efforts to build a natural gas liquefaction terminal in Vasiliko ...

Attorney-general George Savvides has warned against accusations levied by media outlets that institutions are concealing wrongdoing, saying slogans that “everything is being covered up” were “extremely dangerous”. Speaking at the ...

Greece has requested permission for a French-flagged vessel to conduct seabed surveys in its territorial waters, in an effort to resume work on the Great Sea Interconnector (GSI) electricity cable. ...

Prisoners at the central prisons are being forced to sleep on the floor due to overcrowding and inadequate facilities, administration commissioner Maria Stylianou Lottides told MPs on Wednesday. Presenting her ...

Defence Minister Vasilis Palmas met Egypt’s Border Guard Forces chief, Lieutenant General Osama Abdel Hamid Mohamed Daoud, on Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation and security challenges in the Eastern ...

Reunifying Cyprus would strengthen the European Union’s strategic autonomy and its ability to respond to crises in the Middle East, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Wednesday. Addressing students at ...

At 4.7 kg, Cyprus recorded the lowest amount of electrical and electronic equipment waste collected per capita in the EU in 2024, according to findings published by the European Union’s statistical ...

The defence challenged prosecution testimony over €790,000 reportedly kept in safes at the Avakoum monastery during a hearing at Nicosia criminal court on Wednesday. Lawyer Costis Efstathiou, representing Abbot Nektarios, questioned ...

Michalis Vorkas was re-elected unopposed as Bar Association president on Wednesday, setting out his priorities for his new term. Addressing the association’s annual general assembly, Vorkas said no decisions ...

The Cyprus Olympic Committee will investigate the withdrawal of three Cypriot shooters from a European Championship final in Malakasa, with the sports ethics watchdog calling for severe penalties. The committee’...

A vehicle caught fire while travelling on the Limassol-Nicosia highway on Wednesday afternoon, shortly before the Moni exit. Police and firefighters rushed to the scene to extinguish the blaze, according ...

Turkey is a “common adversary” of Cyprus and Israel, the president of the Israel Allies Foundation (IAF) Josh Reinstein said on Wednesday as six MPs from Disy, Elam and Diko ...

The file documenting the police’s investigation into the history of faulty airbags in Cyprus and their import into the country which was handed to the police on Wednesday “will ...

There is “no need to worry” about the possibility of fuel shortages impacting the Turkish Cypriot community, Turkish Cypriot petrol station owners’ association chairman Levent Cagdal said on Wednesday, despite ...

Heavy rain hit the island on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the Peyia-Lara Road after a river overflowed, with severe thunderstorms and strong winds forecast until early Thursday. Police urged ...

The public audit oversight board is taking action over allegations that Deloitte Cyprus helped conceal billions in assets belonging to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich through backdated documents. “The authority has ...

Odysseas Michaelides’ Alma party is in discussions with Fidias Panayiotou’s Direct Democracy movement over a possible joint candidate for the 2028 presidential election, although no official decision has been taken ...

The price of fuel will increase again in the coming days, petrol station owners’ association chairman Savvas Prokopiou said on Wednesday, with the retail price of diesel reaching record highs. ...

Heavy rain hit Paphos on Wednesday, forcing the closure of the Peyia-Lara Road after a river overflowed, with severe thunderstorms and strong winds forecast until early Thursday. Police urged drivers ...

The results of the most recent Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) and the need for policies to improve learning outcomes were at the centre of a discussion at the ...

The justice ministry is expanding training for prison guards, with 44 newly recruited officers undertaking a 13-week programme developed with the University of Cyprus. Justice Minister Costas Fitiris announced the upgrade ...